“If the hairs are long, soft, fine, and very close together, forming a plush surface, the surface is pilose.”
“Petioles greenish to reddish, terete, 1.5 2.5 mm thick, 2.2 4 cm long in upper leaves, to 6.5 cm in lower leaves, pilose.”
“Though they emphasized some within-plant variation of leaf pubescence, cotton cultivars are usually described as either smooth, lightly hairy, hairy, very hairy, or pilose.”